SHIVA’S FIRE BY: KELLY ALESIO

Suzanne Fisher Staples Biography SUZANNE WAS BORN IN PHILADELPHIA. HAS ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER AND SHE GRADUATED FROM BOTH KEYSTONE COLLEGE AND CEDAR CREST COLLEGE. MOVED TO INDIA, BECAME A NEWS REPORTER. MOVED TO THE U.S. AND WORKED FOR THE WASHINGTON POST, SPENT SOME YEARS IN PAKISTAN, STORIES OF INDIAN WOMEN INSPIRATION FOR SHABANU DAUGHTER OF THE WIND. MARRIED TO WAYNE HARLEY, LIVES ON A FARM WITH THREE POODLES AND THREE CATS. IS A NOVELIST, TRAVELS AROUND INDIA A LOT.

Suzanne Fisher Staples Other Books SHABANU DAUGHTER OF THE WIND THE HOUSE OF DJINN UNDER THE PERSIMMON TREE DANGEROUS SKIES HAVELI THE GREEN DOG

SUZANNE FISHER STAPLES AWARDS FOR SHIVA’S FIRE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE LIST PARENTS' CHOICE GOLD AWARD PARENT'S GUIDE AWARD, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BEST BOOKS CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR

SHIVA’S FIRE OVERVIEW SHIVA’S FIRE IS ABOUT A GIRL NAMED PARVATI WHO LOVES TO DANCE. AS PARVATI GROWS UP SHE BECOMES KNOWN FOR STRANGE EVENTS THAT SEEM TO SPRING FROM BENEATH HER FEET. ONE DAY THE GURU PAZHAYANUR MUTHU KUMARA PILLAI, THE GREAT MASTER OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE, COMES TO SEE PARVATI AND INVITES HER TO STUDY WITH HIM. THEN SHE MEETS A BOY WHO WITH HIS OWN POWERS TURNS HER LIFE UPSIDE DOWN.

CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE DANCES PERFORMED INSIDE OF A TEMPLE WERE CALLED AGAMA NARTANAM. THIS TYPE OF DANCE IS CLASSIFIED THIS TYPE OF DANCE FORM AS THE SOUL-LIBERATING DANCE. DANCES PERFORMED IN ROYAL COURTS WERE CALLED CARNATAKAM. DARBARI AATTAM WAS A FORM OF DANCE THAT APPEALED MORE TO THE COMMONERS AND IT EDUCATED THEM ABOUT THEIR RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIAL LIFE.

Everyday Cotton Sari Silk Embroidered Sari INDIAN CLOTHING Indian men used to wear a single piece of loose cloth called a dhoti. It is draped around the legs and one end was tucked along the waist. Women wore saris, long pieces of cloth that can be wrapped in different ways over the body. Saris were usually five yards long. The sari was worn as a skirt with the upper part thrown over the shoulder. Fancy Silk Dhoti

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